Debunking Web Accessibility Myths

Added on 6 July 2004 Peter Bogaards
“The Disability Discrimination Act says that websites must be made accessible to disabled people. The DRC’s recent report has suddenly thrown this into the spotlight of the online community and a lot of misinformation has been thrown around. In this article, I shall attempt to put a stop to this misinformation and tell you the truth behind Web accessibility.” (Usability News)

Small Screens, Big Lessons

Added on 5 July 2004 Peter Bogaards
“Small screens devices, with their constrained design environment and demanding target market, compel designers to strive for highly concise, effective user interfaces. This website is the companion to the ‘Small Screens, Big Lessons’ seminar series, which examines the various beneficial design elements that can be found in well-designed small screen interfaces. Many of the approaches and ideas found in the user interfaces for small screens can also serve as the basis for designing more effective desktop applications and websites.” (Paul D. Hibbitts)

Why visual form matters for information architecture

Added on 28 June 2004 Peter Bogaards
“(…) the full version was recognized more than the content only version, recognized more than the form only version. The interesting finding is that when the form version was recognized, it happened twice as fast as for the other versions. (…) this is because the cognitive processing of visual information happens faster than that for verbal information. While there is some truth to that, let’s play detective and identify what cognitive mechanism is the culprit here.” (Rashmi Sinh) – courtesy of victor lombardi

10 Accessibility Blunders of the Big Players

Added on 25 June 2004 Peter Bogaards
“Web accessibility is about making your Website accessible to all Internet users (both disabled and non-disabled), regardless of what browsing technology they’re using. More and more countries have passed laws stating that Websites must be accessible to blind and disabled people. With this kind of legal pressure, and the many benefits of accessibility, the big players on the Web must surely have accessible Websites, right?” (Trenton Moss – sitepoint) – courtesy of deswozhere

Victor Lombardi: The InfoDesign profile

Added on 23 June 2004 Peter Bogaards
“Victor Lombardi is actively participating in the fields of information architecture and interaction design. He co-founded and served on the board of the Asilomar Institute for Information Architecture. He slaved away as designer for a number of companies, most notably four years at Razorfish. All this while teaching at the Parsons School of Design. He also led the information architecture practice at a global financial services company. Noise Between Stations is Victor’s personal website.” (InfoDesign: Understanding by Design)

UXnet Soft Launch

Added on 23 June 2004 Peter Bogaards
“User Experience (UX) is an emerging field concerned with improving the design of anything people experience: a web site, a toy, or a museum. UX is inherently interdisciplinary, synthesizing methods, techniques, and wisdom from many fields, ranging from brand design to ethnography to library science to architecture and more. (…) UXnet is dedicated to exploring opportunities for cooperation and collaboration among UX-related organizations and individuals.” (UXnet Mission)